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Thursday, August 13, 2015

World's smallest electric car can be parked in your bag

An
engineer from Japan, Kuniako Saito, along with his team, Cocoa Motors,
has recently launched the smallest electric car in the world, named
'WalkCar'. One of the advantages of four-wheel vehicles weighing between
2-3 kg is not requiring complex parking lot, just lift and then put
into a hand bag or even a backpack.

As
quoted by Daily Mail on Monday, August 10, 2015, the operation of the
portable vehicle was also quite simple. After pushed the 'on/off' button
to activate it, and user climbed up on it, then drive. To control
simply by moving the body, similar to a skateboard. So anything to stop
it, users simply lowered one foot and stepped on to the ground.

The
'WalkCar' is small enough to fit in a backpack, and has a top speed of
10 km/h. To steer, the user just shifts their weight. (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1IrHiY3)

This vehicle is made
of strong aluminum material but lightweight. Its power source comes from
an electric motor that uses electricity intake source of lithium ion
batteries.

The lightweight aluminum board is stronger than it looks, and can take loads of up to 120 kg (265 lbs). (Picture from: http://dailym.ai/1IrHiY3)

Its weight is very
light and it ranged between 2-3 kg. The weight difference depending on
the type based on usage, the indoors type, weighs only two kilograms and
the outdoors used three kilograms.

If
the vehicle's battery is fully charged can roam up to a distance of 12
km (7.4 miles), and the speed reaches 10 km/h (6.2 mph). Although
lightweight and made of aluminum, but able to support the weight up to
120 kg (265 lbs). For battery charging is quite easy, because it can be
done in the home electrical installation. The time required to fully
charge the battery only three hours.

Saito
said that the customers will be able to reserve their own WalkCars from autumn
2015 on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The futuristic skateboard
will have a price-tag of around 100,000 Japanese Yen (approx. $800
USD). Shipping is expected to begin by spring 2016. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DAILY MAIL]

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